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How did the US government get rid of the Mafia?
In the aftermath of the raid, the government could no longer ignore the Mafia’s existence or insist that Italian-American crime gangs operated only on a local level. In the early 1960s, U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy (1925-1968) stepped up government efforts to fight organized crime and corruption in labor unions.
Where did the Mafia go after World War 2?
(Some Italian mobsters escaped to the United States, where they became involved in the bootleg liquor business and the burgeoning American Mafia.) Following World War II, the Mafia rose again as mob-backed building companies worked to dominate the 1950s construction boom in Sicily. Did you know?
Why did some of the mafiosi go to prison?
Some Mafiosi, faced with long prison sentences, opted to testify against fellow mobsters in exchange for a place in the witness-protection program.
How did Mori want to destroy the Mafia?
In order to destroy the Mafia, Mori felt it necessary to “forge a direct bond between the population and the state, to annul the system of intermediation under which citizens could not approach the authorities except through middlemen…, receiving as a favour that which is due them as their right.”
What was the name of the Mafia War?
Sometimes referred to as The Great Mafia War or the Mattanza (Italian for The Slaughter ), it involved the entire Mafia and radically altered the power balance within the organization.
How does the Mafia work and how does it work?
The Mafia is not a single group or gang — it is made up of many families that have, at times, fought each other in bitter, bloody gang wars. At other times, they have cooperated in the interest of greater profits, sometimes even serving on a “Commission” that made major decisions affecting all the families (more on the Commission later).
In order to destroy the Mafia, Mori felt it necessary to “forge a direct bond between the population and the state, to annul the system of intermediation under which citizens could not approach the authorities except through middlemen…, receiving as a favour that which is due them as their right.”
How many people died in the Second Mafia War?
In addition there were at least 160 cases of Mafiosi and their associates who vanished, victims of what is known as lupara bianca (Sicilian for “White Shotgun”), whereby the body is completely destroyed or buried so that it is never found.